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The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people died, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 161 people have been injured (including several rescuers), [ 5 ] while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless. [ 6 ]
The January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides was an extreme weather event that affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of January 2010. At least 85 people died, [ 1 ] with at least 29 people in the Hotel Sankey after it was destroyed by landslides , [ 3 ] and many more have been injured. [ 2 ]
A series of floods and mudslides took place in January 2011 in several towns of the Mountainous Region (Região Serrana), in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Casualties occurred in the cities of Nova Friburgo , Teresópolis , Petrópolis , Bom Jardim , Sumidouro and São José do Vale do Rio Preto . [ 3 ]
The Rio-Santos highway, the main road in the region connecting it to Rio de Janeiro state, [2] suffered extensive damage, with numerous landslides covering or destroying stretches of the road. [10] Another road connecting Santos with Bertioga was blocked off. [2] Landslides from the rainfall on 21 February impacted Juqueí, displacing 80 people ...
Deadly and destructive flash floods and landslides swept through communities along the southern coast of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state as unrelenting downpours pounded the region during the first ...
Heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in Brazil, killing at least 36 people and casting a pall over the country’s annual carnival festivities.. The hardest-hit regions – Sao Sebastiao ...
Deadly landslides have upended lives in Brazil's northeastern state of Pernambuco after torrential rain caused extensive damage and significant flooding over the past week. According to Al Jazeera ...
Intense flooding and mudslides struck São Paulo (city) and São Paulo (state), Brazil, following heavy rain and killed at least 21. [1] [2] The downpour in São Paulo and the surrounding areas set new records for rainfall levels for the month of March and left cities covered in up to a meter of slowly draining mud and flood water. [3]